Reviews tagging 'Lesbophobia'

If Tomorrow Doesn't Come by Jen St. Jude

22 reviews

tayroz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I truly loved this book. It was very relatable on a few levels. 

I got so sucked into the story of truly felt like there was an asteroid coming to earth for real. I did read this during the full eclipse tho . I loved Cass's character how free she was about who she was. I related heavily to the internal struggles of Avery. This book has me in tears from joy and sadness. I picked it up months ago, but something told me to read it right now and I'm so glad I did.  Beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

spaghettii's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Incredibly well written. One of few books that has made me cry. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Gun violence, Lesbophobia, Bullying, Chronic illness, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Biphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Death, and Suicide attempt

adrianas65's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Bullying, Religious bigotry, and Medical content

upbeatmetaphor's review

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

There is some excellent prose on depression here, without being too hammy or self-help-y. It isn't therapy/education couched in story, it is story. 

I don't think it quite hit me like it could have, maybe because I always find myself resentful of friends or partners that are so close that they seem to be speaking almost in physical code, like the rest of the world is somehow knitted outside them, even when they're not alone. 

I was expecting a hang ending from about halfway through and I wasn't happy about that, but when it came... I dunno, I feel like the entire book is surrounded in a big stuff/small stuff flip, and that works, and makes sense. You can't change the big unassailable interstellar things, so they become your scenery far more than your story.

Might revisit some sections but don't expect to re-read. 

The revenge-heist-without-any-expectation-of-consequences was a bit weird

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Content Warnings

Minor: Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

teawitchontravel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcohol, Homophobia, Cursing, Lesbophobia, Outing, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Gun violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death and Suicide

Be warned, this book will probably make you cry more then once. It is a beautiful story about pain, hope and love, not only others but also self love. It's a story about the light in our darkest moments. I personally really enjoy the writing style and use of flashbacks to give even more insights on the character's relationships and past. Those were the perfect addition to the story and as interesting as the main part of it, neither their content nor how much they appeared distracted from the main story or was boring. While I was reading the novel I felt like I was there with them and it definitely pulled me in. The diverse cast made me personally really happy and I think shows a beautiful represantation for the LGBTQIA+ community. I loved everything about it and can't wait for more books from this author.

professor_jango's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Death, Grief, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, and Suicidal thoughts

beaky's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

this book is heartbreaking in the best possible way. Please read it, although be very careful of the trigger warnings and stay away if the topic of suicide would be triggering for you! Avery is so much and all her family and friends are the most wonderful people! The book’s emotive and metaphorical language was so beautiful and well done! FIVE F*CKING STARS!!!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Gun violence, Grief, Death, and Cursing

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Abortion

planner5002's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I haven’t read a book that made me feel as much as this book did in a long time. The characters are well developed, the plot is compelling, and I had a hard fun putting it down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Outing

Minor: Gun violence

courtknee__vn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was beautiful!! It’s a love story in so many ways; romantic, friendship, the love of family, self love, and so much more. The book starts with Avery getting interrupted from jumping in the river and ending her life with the news that an asteroid is headed to earth and there’s only 9 days left to live. The rest of the story is about not only trying to survive but being with the people she loves and also learning to accept herself and want to live. So much of this story is about allowing yourself to be known by people and coming to the realization that just because you don’t have a reason to be sad, doesn’t mean that you aren’t sad. It’s learning to accept that part of yourself and wanting to stay alive anyway. It’s learning that you don’t have to do things for a purpose, you can just do things because they make you happy and you can create beautiful things just for yourself. It’s realizing that it’s okay to stay just because you’re curious about what’s next and you don’t need to always be working to improve or be better, you’re allowed to just be! I’m normally not a fan 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Grief, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

honeyhale's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Homophobia and Lesbophobia